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DiscriptionofES8isCo«Tex 

Ellis county is S'tuated west of Ti;inity g 
river, and is one of the most Southerly jg 
counties considered as in Northern Tex- ^^ 
us. The Houston and Texas Central o 
Railway, passes through the county from S 
eight to ten miles from its Eastern bouii- a> 
dary— the Trinity river — . Ennis, Pal- ^ 
uier and Ferris, are the railroad towns ^ 
of the county- Ennis,- -named for Col. a 
C. Ennis, a Director in the Central R.R. ^ 
Co. —is located on Black Sandy rolling ^ 
prairie, 231 miles from Houston, and 34 e 
below Dallas, and has now a population ^ 
of 1003, and is one of the most a> 
nealthy and beautifully located towns on (^_^ 
the Central Railroad, or in the State, d 
was selected and located h} the Central S|-^^»|^ 
Railroad Company vvith a* view of con- 5" 
trolling the trade' and trans[)ortatiou s 
from one of t'le best uplaad farming sec- 5" 
tions m the State. Palmer and Ferris, ""■ 
respectively tight and fourteen lijiles td 
North of Eiiuis, are well located for con- § 
venience of the fine farming section ad- ^ 
jacent. V/axahachic, our county seat, o 
was. located in 1S50, on 'the beautiful 
white rock creek of same name, and is p 
thirteen miU's nearly West of Ennis, S' 
with an energetic and enterprising popu- ^" 
lation, of a few hundred more than Ennis, tr* 
is a he;;.U!iy, and handsoinely located cs 
town, and boasts for Ellis County, of one 5q" 
of the neatest, and best yellow stene ^ 
Court houses in Texas. g^ 

Lands of the county are principally • 
black waxy rolling prairie: unimi»roveJ 



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farming lands from $3 to $8 per 
^ acre. Uuimproved superb lots, around 
g the two principle towns of the county — 
M Waxahaehie and Ennis— from fifteen to 
sixty dollars per acre, in acre, or fractional 
o" acre lots. Improved lands from ten to 
^ thirty dollars per acre, owing to size of 
•^ tracts, and class of improvments; and 
*-^ just here we would touch upon 

^ LAND TITLES, 

^ the great buobear of many good and sen- 

O sible immigrants who come into the 

J- county andexpect to find our abstracts 

3f titles already prepared and in order 

•-' as it is in older states; instead, thereof, 

^ we have in most counties of our State a 

.'::i well kept public record of transfers, each 

Q,. Book indexed besides a general index, 

J2 find it IS the privilege and right as well as 

^ lawful duty of every man to examine or 

'rt have examined said records before i>ur- 

q3 chasing real Estate. Our laws are plain 

§ and simple, relative to titles of lands. A 

^fi complete chain of title is one when 

'S every link is on file or on record in our 

§ General Land Office at the city of Austin, 

■^ or recorded in the records of county 

^ where land is situated. The great buga- 

^ boo of Mexican or Spanish grants has 

3 nearly all been settled in courts of 

^ the country, or by statute of limitation. 

;X} Our present defective titles result prin- 

rj3 cipally from carelessness and failure o 

^ purchasers to record deeds and transfers 

J and suicidal neglect of purchasers in not 

g examining, or having examined the pul>- 

pq lie records before buying from ignorant 

^ irresponsible parties and agents of 

^ doubtful character. No honest man will 

^ flinch from a prying into his character 

o and reputation, so try him thoroughlv 

^ before purchasing. Examine lands on the 

^ gr(u.ind in person, or by responsible proxy, 

and have it distinctly understood who is 

>-: to i)ay surveying fees, and have an eye to 



the taxes. See that a complete chain of 
title is on file aud of record. Buy from J^ 
no surviving party of a coverture iinles« *< 
he or she is authorised by law to sell; and § 
'with but rare exceptions the purchaser" 
will remain in peaceable possession un- ? 
disturbed. As to the condition of the '<: 
present titles of marketable land of Ellis § 
county, I do not think I exngerate when ^' 
I say good titles can be had to five s.xths 2! 
of the quantity in market, and I believe 2 
the land men, land lawyers of the county ^ 
will reiterate the above statement. As ^ 
a kind of farewell in the title question, p 
show me the man in Texas, that croaks S- 
most upon defective land tit'es, and I ^ 
will either show you a man without land g 
sense or ordinary good judgment or I ^ 
will show you the partmn-, aider and ^ 
abettor of some scoundrel that is trying '^ 
to swindle in lands and only drawing you ? 
away from the influence, and out of reach ^ 
of honest men in order to swindle you. ^ 
Wxvrr.ii, ^ 

principly lime, and obtained by digging g 
or boring wells from ten to fifty feet deep. "^ 
Some very fine springs in portions of the "i^ 
county but none of sufficient power for ^ 
manufacturing purposes unless it be on ^^ 
a very small scale. Stock water and for 2 
generating steam, is '»btained principally S-. 
from artificial ponds and tanks at various w 
costs, from fifty to tw<» hundred dolhirs. p 
TIMBF.i;. ^ 

Oak of vaiious kinds on a.nd near Trin- ^ 
iiy river, hackberry, ash, red and white '^ 
elm, pecan, walnut, chittem or gumelas- Q 
tic, honey locust, wild china, boxeller'^; 
and r(!d haw, on Waxahachie and Cham- ^, 
bers creeks, the two principal large -^ 
creeks passing through the county. The . -* 
former with its tributaries, furnish drain- hh 
agcand tim ber, (principally fire wood) o^ 
to the central porti >n of the county. The ^^^ 
lalt'^r and tributaries furnishing drainage :3 



■^ and timbei'tp the Western poi-tion of tlie 
OS county, and iiO doubt that tiiuuer grow- 
;$ ing, such as walnut, pecan, black locust, 

.2 and other durable, and valuable timber, 
> will find many advocates after the coun- 
^« tyis settled, and men learn that t atience 

;p and porseverence in that direction will 
'■~i bri!i<^ rMiornious profits compared to in- 
5 vestments in dry goods, notions, 
S etc. And just h<?re a hint to those 
p that poissess ponds and springs 

2 would not be amiss. Suppose a quar- 
^ ter or half acre of the osier or bag- 
's ket willow v/as set around your springs or 
'%. tank; the; secon4 year you can commence 

- cutting to make baskets, and instead ot 
•r; our buying all of our market, fruit, 
*S clothes, and ladies work baskets in New 
o, York, Boston and Philadelphia, w^o could 
o turn the tables on thenj and furnish those 
•5 and other cities with Texag manufacture. 
r: A little patience perseverance, and a few 
'^ skilled workmen m that direction wdl re- 
■^ suit in a large income to our county, and 
■^ give employment to. many of the lame, 
o blind and halt, 

— • IMPROVEMEXTS. 

^. Fencing is mostly of oak and cednr 

3 posts uith four to six inch pine boards 
S three to five m number to the panel, fivi 

"g usedin and near timber where hogs arc 
"^ at ia»-ge, three used where hogs are kept 

'^ in pens. Sonui post and wire fences, and 
"^ many miles of complete d osage orange or 

^ bois d'arc hedges with hundreds of mile^ 
^ growing, and no dihibt but that thr 
'^ McCartnev rose, or, better known as 
I"l:i tht) Louisiana Hedge Rose will come int(» 

•3 general and favorable use, as it has been 

% thorongiily demonstrated tliat it is a suc- 
'^ cess, and makes a good hedge at three 
J^ ye'ars from the cuttings. Dwellings and 
jn out houses principally of yeKow pine lum- 

2 b( r from pineries of Texas; costing herr 
-2 ^^ lumber yard $20 to $-23 per thousand 



feet (Jourl iUtusc, Jaji, and ii!:ni> ;:t 

business houses of VVuxahafiiio aro built f^_^ 

of a durable sandstone obtained from zf. 

quarries near the town, and some houses ^ 

also of brick made a few luindred j'ards ^ 

from the Court House. Novv about twelve. _1 

niontlis atvs the Waxahachi.^ Tap rail- ^ 

road company was chartered, and is now ^. 

iivaded ready for cross-ties cud iron. The ^ 

i auction with tht;: Central, being some 2} p 

miles Northwest of Enni?, at the most ae- S- 

cessable point, and ic is to be hoped tliat -. 

the two principle towns of one of ihe best ^ 

farm ng countii?s in Texas v/ill soon be o 

united and > onnected by the "iron horse" £- 

and Telegrapli, instead of the two horte ^ 

coaches l'Ow plyin.y betwe<'n the towns. tT^ 

J.ast April one of the best business blocks ^ 

m Ennis was destroyed by fire,, compos- ^ 

ing ten houses, and now seven neat brick ^ 

buildings two iron fronts, and three two ^ 

stories liigb, have ai'isen from the debris; et* 

the brick being made at Ennis a couple ^ 

luindred yards from the block, and even p 

the iron t"r<)nts that are an ornament to ^ 

any town or house in Texas, were put up ^ 

at Dallaa,.and soon the remaining three ^ 

lots will be covered by buildings of the jd 

same material, a second block is now c* 

commenced, two neat two-story bricks *-^ 

appioaching completion. ^ 

CIIUKCHES ^ 

of various protestant, denonjinations in ^ 

nearly every neighborhood. ^, 

EDUCATIONAL O 

interests of the county tlouruiuiiii;; frt.'e § 
tr^chools graduall-y growing into [iopular a 
use. . -^ 

Improved, labor-saving farming impli- a!* 
meuts of all kinds coming into general ^, 
use, and favor, as well as improved » 
household and kitchen furniture and uten- o' 
sils for the ladies, from the patent brooms ^ 
to the fine- 1 co(di stoves and s;'wing ma- ^, 
chines. ' ^ 



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^ Of the cuuiit\; small gi'aius, corn, 
"^ (•(•ttoi), iiiid some few grasses, lViiit,s 
^ and veii;etables. An average crop of wheat 
rf is about 2U])ushpls per acre, corn about 
^ WO, oats :50, barle}^ 40, rye 25, cotton ^ 
-^ to f bale, grasses — millet and Hungariai. 
'^ — f to 1 ton; our native pr;iirie, niesquit 
>. and others from ^ to 1 ton per acre 
S Wheat averages $1 per busliel oats 40cts; 
'^ corn 50, barley $1 rye $1, millet and 
cS Hungarian seed from ^1 to .f 1.50, hay 
Q from $5 to|>20 per ton, owing to severity 
It: of ivinter, and number of persons feedii g 
""^ cattle for market. The price of wheat is 
'^ regulated by the demand of the coast 
5 counties and counties S{»utheast and 
, Vrest for flour made at our mills, and to 
^ sonic extent, by bulk of crop made m the 
•^ Northwestern states and uo doubt will 
Q eventually, like the Northwestern states, 
2 be regulati^d by the Liverpool aiul other 
foreign n)arkets, as we are directly con- 
nected with Galveston — only 280 miles 
^ distant — the great sea port of Tex- 
§ as. Kye and barley will be regulated 
^ by distilleries to great extent, either 
in or out of the State. Corn, oats and 
o hay, by numbers of stock fattened, 
§ and severity of winter. Cotton, the 
"t^ fleecy staple, sueceeds as well 
'S here as anywhere m Texas on the 
^ uplands. Its vacilatingprices, and cause 
t^' and effect of same, are too well known 
^ to the connnercial world to need com- 
aj nient, or likelyhood of prices in the lu- 
^ ture. Tis a well established fact, to the 
c sorrow of many farmers of Ellis county 
'TT that the less the crop interferes with the 
^ grain crop, the better it pays, and some 
^^ are discarding ii alltogether; yet fresh 
'^ sod land quicker repays the breaking in 
'B culture it turned the winter or early 
2 spring, or even a few weeks on sandy 
" land before cotton planting time in Ma} . 



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FiXAXCI.M. 

inter<T4:5 i^'pn'seutcl by Ihroo pijiviiti^ 
banks, two tit Waxaiiachi*^ and one at 
Eiuiis; all siibstur.tial reliubh' gentlemen, 
some of whom liavo f^rown up \vith the 
'county, and are known throughout the 
►"-^tjito. The correspondiMit of the Enuis 
Bank is the Continental Jiank of St.Loni^ 
Mo , — the eattlf!! market of Texas— and 
13all Hutchins & <Jo. of Galveston — our 
cotton market — exchange as reascmable 
as can be had at any bank in Texas, 
Gobi and silver bought and sold; but the 
gold and silver part most "played out" 
as goods, groceries and in fact everything 
sells foi- currency, except occasionally 
you will find a tract of land owned by a 
gold-handed-silver-loving-opposed-to-cant- p 
jingle-money speci:i-returned-hard-money- ^ 
phinked-worshipper-of-t!ie-golden-calf"oid ^ 
gentleman (no intended disrespect to the S" 
<»ld genthMuan cidy to his old ^• 
fogy ideas of "go sloVv," "lag ^ 
behind," and want of knowledge of ^• 
the pr(»gress of the age in the principles < 
he advocates), whose land cost him, ^ 
likely, 10 ot 25 cents an acre 20 years ago, g- 
that cant understand that the world has c^ 
turned over once in 24 hours for the last S^ 
twenty years, and that cant write I^ or q^ 
'joll A from Z, and consequently cant add ^' 
on his 10 or 15 per cent to gold prices, '^ 
get his mcmey and then go and buy his p 
gold if he wants it to put in a soap gourd, ^ 
bury under a stump and die with- ^ 
out telling his wife or children where it p 
is and leave them penniless. ^ 

Total tax. State, county, and all, other ^ 
advalorum taxes, was last year, and is ^ 
this, .f l.()7^ on the one hundred dollars. cb 

MANUI ACTUKIXG ^ 

interests ]-epr(^sented by mills from old ^j 
fashioned tread wheel, to steam merciiant ^- 
<»f two hundred barrel capacity per day; 5S' 
the latter located at Eiinjs. Carriage and ^ 
\vagon shops of small capacity located at 



- Eiiiiii^ and Wa:iabach)i% buildino- the C!'!- 
c ebrated bois d'arc vehicles so noted for 

'5 durability. Blacksnjitli shops scatteriH^. 
u over the county, and a planing mill at 

'"-> Enni^. 

o r. X I'OKTS OF CO U N T Y . 

3 Flour, brail, oats, cotton, v^ool, hidcAi 
ro tallow, beeswax, pecans, (fried fruit, egiis, 
.^ cattle, horses, liiules an(l mutton. 

O Ix^lPORTS THAT NEED J\OT BE. 

y^ Bacon, cheese, butter, soap, canned 
^ fruits, vefj;etables, brooms, ax, hoe, and 
S au.i^er handles, wagons, buggies, plows, 
wash machines ehurns, dressed lumber, 
w sash, doors, and blinds, furniture, tubs, 
f pails, barrels, and buckets. 

3 WANTS OF COTNTY. 

^ Moie good, industrious farmers, with 

^ small capital, to buy and improve forty, 

^ or eighty acres of land and raise a diver- 

^' sity of crops, especially small grain: more 

•^ good merchant mills to manufacture the 

^ small grain into the finest flour in the 

g world, and let us furnish the bread to the 

■*-" coast counties of Texas that is now fur- 

-^ nished by St. Louis and other North "Wes- 

7^ tern cities; more brick makers, wagon 

-^ and buggy factories on a large scale, a few 

.^ planing mills; factories to manufacture 

^ bromns, sash, doors, blinds, ax, hoe, and 

^ auger handles, tubs, pails, buckets, wash 

'^ machines, soap, churns, shoe lasts, shoo 

"^ pogs. etc. Dairymen, move wool growers 

>-, and breeders and growers of fine cattle, 

"IS horses,hogs,bee raisers,fruit growers etc, 

2 Cedar and bois d'arc timber can be had at 

"^ reasonable prices, for use in any of the 

o above mentioned factories; pecan, hickory. 

'*^ ash, oak and other tin>ber can be had on 

g the Trinity river for use in factories. 

't, Health of community not surpassed by 

'^ any in tli(.> JState — '-distressmgl} healiliy," 

""jj the doctors say; a'td to further. enat)le a 

c. fair conjparison of the health of P'nnis 

W with otlier towns iii the iState, as well us 



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fi) onenufngs' rcp.p-.'ct and vciKTatiiui ni 

thf^ dead, on the 2iid of March a. d. ? 

1875 the Myrtle. - Cemetery Co. f 

of Eunis was formed of sonic of ^ 

the most Biibstautinl eitiz ns t»f tlie ^• 

town. A beautiful idtc cf ten acres ^ 

v.as selected to;* the Cemetery, and la'd S, 

ort in order and system, into lots Iroin cd 
10 by IG to 40 by 50. The ground!^ are -§ 

now being enclosed*\vith a subset ntial 3 

and disrable fence, purchased with the ^ 

proceeds of the two lairs the o<>!U'roiiri p 

ladies of Ennis so kindly ^donated, aiul ^ 

with the assistance of the ladies, the ^^ 

Compi'.ny propose to ornamant jfnd beau- 2. 

tify the grounds with shrubs, trees and ^ 

evtrgreens. nntil Ellis county as well as ►^ 

Ennis will take pride in the Myrtle Cem Zi. 

etery, as a beautiful city of the dead. o 

TESTS OF !<:NLi(,"rIlTEiN\-\U;XT. C^ 

MiiMcal instruments of all kinds c,' 
imaginable, from jews harps to ^^ 
costly i)ianos and church organs; a silver ai 
cornet hand at Waxahachie and one at § 
Knnis; book stores and news depots at o 
Waxahachie and Ennis; three weekly "p 
uews[)apers published in the county; Ig 
there are also some fi;ic private libraries ,^ 
to be foiind in the county, there is tnie ^ 
nursery, a great manv orcbai'ils of fine ^ 
fruit, principally peach aiid plum, ap-ple ,0 
and prar. Most small fruits ilourish — more ^ 
especially on the blaclr sandy lands; also S 
every vf'getable that can be raised South |_^ 
and Noith, some fine flower yards and " " 
gardens. For fui'ther evideiices relating i-M 
to our taste for flowers and vegetables, rj^ 
we refer you to oi-ders booked by John £ 
Kern and other seedsmen of St Louis; ^"^ 
John Saul, of Washington City; James tFi 
Vick.of Koehest«>rNew York: D.M. Ferry 5 
c^- Co., iJriggs and Uro.. Dreer Jv Son, a/ 
Shaker (iarden Seed Company, and oth- ►_j 
erg in the United States who are supply- fo" 
ing IIS witli L^arden and flnwi-r seeds. Our ^' 



'~^ couiif}-! ii. j.iovidu r;ti»iil!\ --ni(»!i(\v iii;it- 

t^ tcr.s arc ii:ciit, I'ul nut so .s(jiii-(>ziii!i ;<^ to 

^ prevent occ;isi(iiial sliuwers of li<:;lit!iin<:- 

[~; rod men and St. Louis, New York and 

■• Galveston druninior;', life and iire insur; 

72 anee agents, vendors of patent wares, and 

^ c{tpy-rii(hted books, and lasr but not lea^t, 

■^ sevvinjif-nieehiiK; ai^ents. Society is equal 

"^ to any in the State, beins: made up of good 

^ peoj)le from all the st»tes in the Union — 

c law-abiding, faitliful, generous, substan- 

p tial people who are identilied with th<^ 

" county, who ar« the adopted children of 

~ Tt^xas and Ellis county, having como her»^, 

-^ and, as Xorthurn men and strangers win* 

^ do not kimw us would say, have "tamed 

y^ the wild T;'xan," one of w hom "we is 

j3 and was and always has been." 



Business ftirecton 



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I E N N I S , 

I ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS. 

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^ A Hen & Glasscock, Confectioners; N(»rth 

'^ j:\.side West Ennis Avenue. 

r^ \ lexandor, S. B. Blacksmith, Wagon, 
XYBuggyit Plow Maker and general re- 
pairer; North siJe of West Ennis Avenue. 



J'y ii!!;irii, T. 1 1. l-'orwiii'dini;- niid (JoMiniir-. ^ 
.>.sini, Mrrcli;iiit iiM'l Dcnl.-riii Farm ,V ?; 
jyiill .M:ichiiiLM-v; ccr. lirowu and W. Main. ::: 

(~^all)n':ith A- Kciidnll, Denl.'rs in Fur- c 
Viiituvc and House FuDiisIiing Goods; ;:^ 
WostMiiin. 2. 

Chock Joliii L. Mairistrate of Prcfinet '^ 
No. 4, niid Notary Riblic; Otlice on "^ 
Wc.'ft Brown street. ^ ^ 

Crais I'j- K- Dealer in Stoves and gener- '-< 
al assorted Hardv\are and Agricultui'al ^ 
Inipiinients; West Main. m 

l^^ol.b J. E. Resident Dentist; J. II Chan- B' 
VyceUor's new Brick, near corner of ►^ 
]]rown and West Main. tl! 

ChanceUorW. E. cV M. L,Wh(.lesaIe ifc ft 
Retail Dealers in DryGoods, Hats, Caps, ^^ 
Boots & Shoes, Groceiies, Q;jeens Ware, s 
and slielf Hardware; '^nd (lcH»r t'vdux tin? ^ 
corner of West ]\[ain & Knox street. 3 

^ haneellor J. 11. General Dealer in Gro- ■^^ 



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ceries. Hai'dware & Crockery West 



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]\Iain, south of Ennis avenue* < 

/~^ ornwell & Kendall Butchers and Deal- o* 
V/ers in fresh Meats; North side West ^ 
Ennis Avenue. p' 

arey S- Q. Wholesale and Retail Deal- ^ 
er in Lumber, ^S^ashjDoors, Blinds. Shin- '^ 

gles. Posts and Blocks; cor. of West Main 

and Knox street. 

Carlton S. M. Publisher and Proprietf.r ro" 
of the * '.Saturday Keview'' .s'ub- g 
scription $2. per annum, sample copies ^ 
sent on application; Office on Knox and tn 
West Main street. § 

EnnisTTouse-Tharp &, Beauehamp, g 
nnisXXProprietors, accomodations g^ 
1st class-nearest Hotel to Pass. Depot; 

Early *.V Parks, General Fire Insurance 5 
Agents; West Main, 2nd Door N. of 2. 
lirovvn St. in J. H. Chanellor'd Ruildiuju. p 



^ ihiker near cor. of. Browsi and V.': 
^. Main .street. 

^ /^-i iipiii J. X. Dry Good?, B.>!>ts J:, Shr-^^ 
^ Vjiit Whoh^^ale and Ftetaii; Hun: liuil ' 
" ing, West -Main- 

Hotc'lilvi.s* iSi ]^owe, Piainins: & Moni' 
^ injj: Mill and Cotton Gin; cor A'nox Ov 

"H JicKiuney street. 

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'£ T:|(ii:nn Cynis T. Keal Estate Ayci,:, 

g XJl (jolleetor and Conveyancer: Office V\ . 

g Main, North Ennis Avenue. 

j-i T atinier Marlv, Banker and Dealer in 
^xJKxchani;e — St Louis Correjj;)ondents, 
^ Coutiui.Mital Bank; corner of We.st Main 
.^^ and Eiiiis Avenue. 

o "1~ ignosUi H. A. Druggist; -South side of 

~ -l—^EastEnnis Avenue. 
rvS nVT^'Kiiiiiey J. A. Bookstore & ])ea]er 
"3 J3_Lin Stationary, Fruits and Confection- 
^ aries; South side'Wf.st Ennis Avenue. 

g- IVTcEnnis Mill Co. Manufacturers 
^ It-L Flour, ship stuff,Bran, Graham Fl^ . 
^ Corn Meal, &c. 'JVxdt the First Preniiau; 

o on Flour at St Louis, Mo* Oct. 1875. 
"5 j^/fcCartyT.L. Dealer in Staple and 
'^ i-Tj. Fiwicy Groceries-and a general assorl- 

a jnent of Hardware. Wes^t Main South of 

>i Ennis A^veiuie. 

'5 IVi ulkey J. F. Druirgisit; corner Brown 
ft ITAand West Main.^ 

9. "]\/f cKinney J. C. General Dealer in 
'*^ Xvl. Dry Gocd.«, Groceries, Boots & /Shoes 
>; etc. West Main, 4th door N. of Ennis Ave. 

.§ T^iveth Louis, Practical Watchmaker 
&- ll and Kei>airer; West Main, Sou.'h of 
"^ Enni> Avenue 

opper I. Whoh'sale and detail Dealer 
in Staple & Fancy Groceries, Wines, 
Liquors etc. Due East of R. K. Depot, 



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PniesJs L. - Chemist liiid Di-uygist and ^ 

Dojiler ill i'"'aiiey Articles, stationary ^ 

Tobaeco; and Cigars; West Main, 4lli ^ 

door Kortli of Knox Street. p* 

Pitman E.I. Watchmaker <Sz Kepuirrr J, 

and Dealer in Jewlery; North side ^ 

West Ennis Avenue, w " , ' [^ 

Sr.*^1' A. 1>, Piibli.shor of 15Ili*< 1>. ^ 

r^'ews, ^^1 for 6 mouths. Subscribers' m 

Iu(iuiries rogardijiii the country, auswor- ^ 

cd througii the NEWS. Answers to private rn 

letters about the Couutry, full particulars, s^ 
One WoUar. '^. 

eisman &. Freeman; Wholesale and % 

Retail Dealers- in Dry Goods, Cloth- '^ 

ing, Boots & Shoes, Hats & Caps; corner ^ 

East Main and Ennis Avenue. j-- 

Stephensoii,S.R. Undertaker & Builder S- 

Church street, south Ennis Avenue. ^ 

Soapo A. J. Dealer &. Manufacturer of << 

Harness, Saddles etc. W.Main Street. 2- 

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Winule W. M. General Dealer in ^2 

Family, Groceries & fine Jjiqliors; ^ 

N'.trth sidr West Eriuis Avenue. ' ^ 



GENERAL P 

WHOLESALE and MET AIL ^ 

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— DEALERS IX — ^ 

Liiiii!)er, ^Iilnglcs,! 

Sasli, Doors and Blinds- ctq 

|^=BUILD3Na MATERIAL S 

Constanthj on hand. 2^ 

Oftice, cor. Vrest Main and Brown. 2 



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.| M^-RIGHT, BENTON .t HENRY 

I BLACKSMITH, 

iWapii & Bnggy 

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^ M A K H R S, 

'^ AND 

I GENERAL 

^R epairerS. 

^ South Side West Ennis Avenue. 



!ABE CARROLL 

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% Liverv & Sale 

I STABLES. 



« NOmilSIBE (if East Ennis Are. 
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J. P. HAYMES 



LiveiT li Sale 



STABLE! 



Main, Soutli Ennif; Avt'iuu3, 



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3 Cyrus T. Hopn 

I Real Estate Agent, 
I Conveyancer 

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§ COERESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 

"^ EN:NIS, ELLIS CO. TEXAS. 



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